Re: [PATCH] integrity: Allow ima_appraise bootparam to be set when SB is enabled

From: Mimi Zohar
Date: Tue Apr 26 2022 - 14:18:41 EST


On Mon, 2022-04-25 at 18:21 -0400, Eric Snowberg wrote:
> The IMA_APPRAISE_BOOTPARM config allows enabling different "ima_appraise="
> modes (log, fix, enforce) to be configured at boot time. When booting
> with Secure Boot enabled, all modes are ignored except enforce. To use
> log or fix, Secure Boot must be disabled.
>
> With a policy such as:
>
> appraise func=BPRM_CHECK appraise_type=imasig
>
> A user may just want to audit signature validation. Not all users
> are interested in full enforcement and find the audit log appropriate
> for their use case.
>
> Add a new IMA_APPRAISE_SB_BOOTPARAM config allowing "ima_appraise="
> to work when Secure Boot is enabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Snowberg <eric.snowberg@xxxxxxxxxx>

Since the IMA architecture specific policy rules were first
upstreamed, either enabling IMA_APPRAISE_BOOTPARAM or IMA_ARCH_POLICY
was permitted, but not both. This Kconfig negates the assumptions on
which the CONFIG_IMA_ARCH_POLICY and the ima_appraise_signature() are
based without any indication of the ramifications. This impacts the
kexec file syscall lockdown LSM assumptions as well.

A fuller, more complete explanation for needing "log" mode when secure
boot is enabled is required.

thanks,

Mimi

> ---
> security/integrity/ima/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
> security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/Kconfig b/security/integrity/ima/Kconfig
> index f3a9cc201c8c..66d25345e478 100644
> --- a/security/integrity/ima/Kconfig
> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/Kconfig
> @@ -237,6 +237,15 @@ config IMA_APPRAISE_BOOTPARAM
> This option enables the different "ima_appraise=" modes
> (eg. fix, log) from the boot command line.
>
> +config IMA_APPRAISE_SB_BOOTPARAM
> + bool "ima_appraise secure boot parameter"
> + depends on IMA_APPRAISE_BOOTPARAM
> + default n
> + help
> + This option enables the different "ima_appraise=" modes
> + (eg. fix, log) from the boot command line when booting
> + with Secure Boot enabled.
> +
> config IMA_APPRAISE_MODSIG
> bool "Support module-style signatures for appraisal"
> depends on IMA_APPRAISE
> diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
> index 17232bbfb9f9..a66b1e271806 100644
> --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
> @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ void __init ima_appraise_parse_cmdline(void)
>
> /* If appraisal state was changed, but secure boot is enabled,
> * keep its default */
> - if (sb_state) {
> + if (sb_state && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IMA_APPRAISE_SB_BOOTPARAM)) {
> if (!(appraisal_state & IMA_APPRAISE_ENFORCE))
> pr_info("Secure boot enabled: ignoring ima_appraise=%s option",
> str);